RESULTS

Nitrogen Amine MOF

Geologic formations, Technology, Industrial Capture, Post-combustion, Permanent Sequestration, Lab, ALL

A new way to capture CO2 from low-temperature steam.

NREL CO2 to Formate

Technology, Process chemicals, Short-term Recycling, Lab, ALL

Researchers at NREL have developed a new way of converting CO2 to a more usable product- formate.

Project Vesta

Atmospheric Capture, Technology, Permanent Sequestration, Demonstration, ALL

A process that utilizes the mineral olivine that can absorb atmospheric CO2 from the ocean and stabilizes it as limestone on the seafloor.

Power to Methanol Feasibility Study

Technology, Industrial Capture, Post-combustion, Lab, ALL

A study is being conducted to find feasible methods for sustainable methanol production in Antwerp, Belgium.

Self Forming Silver Membrane

Technology, Industrial Capture, Post-combustion, Lab, ALL

Researchers at Newcastle University have developed a new type of membrane for filtering carbon dioxide and other chemicals.

A3C

Technology, Geologic formations, Industrial Capture, Post-combustion, Permanent Sequestration, Demonstration, ALL

A process that uses constantly moving metal beads to cool gas mixtures produced from engine emissions.

UCB CO2, Sunlight Hybrid Process

Atmospheric Capture, Technology, Direct Air Capture, Process chemicals, Short-term Recycling, Lab, ALL

A hybrid system of bacteria and nanowire that has the ability to harness sunlight and use it to convert CO2 and water into chemicals that can be used to create organic molecules.

Svante ICS3

Technology, Commercial, ALL

Nano-materials that can catch and release CO2 in less than 60 seconds.

GHGSat

Technology, Commercial, ALL

Satellites that can monitor and gather information about emissions.

Liquid Wind

Technology, Synthetic hydrocarbons, Industrial Capture, Post-combustion, Pre-combustion, Short-term Recycling, ALL, In Planning

Liquid Wind will develop, finance, build and manage standardised facilities that produce e-methanol from renewable electricity and upcycled carbon dioxide.

Weizmann Institute of Science

Atmospheric Capture, Food and beverage, Technology, Synthetic hydrocarbons, Short-term Recycling, Lab, ALL

E. coli bacteria have been gradually trained to use carbon dioxide as food, rather than sugar, building their biomass from the air.

Steeper Energy – Hydrofaction™

Atmospheric Capture, BECCS, Technology, Synthetic hydrocarbons, Short-term Recycling, Demonstration

Hydrofaction™ is Steeper Energy’s proprietary implementation of hydrothermal liquefaction which applies supercritical water as a reaction medium for the conversion of biomass directly into a high-energy density renewable crude oil, referred to as Hydrofaction™ Oil. Steeper’s unique process mimics and accelerates nature by subjecting wet biomass to heat and high pressure.

Questor Technology

Fugitive Emissions Capture, Technology, Commercial, ALL

Thermal oxidizers to capture methane and associated gas containing carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide. The hot exit gases from the stacks are clean and readily utilized for use in other process improvements, such as utility heat, power generation and to waste water purification.

ECOERA AB

BECCS, Atmospheric Capture, BECCS, Technology, Long-term Storage, Demonstration, ALL

Agricultural residue that is rich in carbon is used to create syngas and biochar; The syngas is used for heat and the biochar is returned to the soil as an enhancer and a carbon sink.

TerraCOH

Technology, Process chemicals, Short-term Recycling, Pilot, ALL

Next generation geothermal for emissions free power, using CO₂ as a subsurface working fluid which can be used at 50% more locations than traditional geothermal; Carbon Dioxide (CO₂) Plume Geothermal – CPG™.

The Georgia Tech Research Corporations

Technology, Process chemicals, Short-term Recycling, Lab, ALL

Design of transition-metal/zeolite catalysts for direct conversion of coal-derived CO₂ to aromatics; New catalytic process to produce valuable aromatic chemicals directly from CO₂ in coal-fired power plant flue gas; Will enable a single-reactor process for conversion of CO₂ to aromatics that can be deployed onsite at coal-fired power plants.

Thyssenkrupp – Carbon2Chem

Technology, Process chemicals, Short-term Recycling, Commercial, ALL

Uses gases from steelmaking process as raw materials for chemical production.

Thyssenkrupp – Oxy-Fuel Combustion

Technology, Industrial Capture, Oxy-fuel combustion, Demonstration, ALL

Oxy-fuel for retrofit and cement kilns; Tested oxyfuel technology in CEMCAP project; Next step is for demonstration at Colleferro (Italy) and Retznei (Austria)

Tokyo Institute of Technology

Technology, Industrial Capture, Post-combustion, Lab, ALL

Enables direct utilization of CO₂ in exhaust gases from heavy industry by capturing low-concentration CO₂.

Toshiba

Technology, Industrial Capture, Post-combustion, Demonstration, ALL

Amine-based chemical absorption; CO₂ capture from flue gas; Pilot plant complete, demonstrating at NET Power’s 50MWth commercial-scale plant in Texas.

Colorado School of Mines

Technology, Synthetic hydrocarbons, Short-term Recycling, Lab, ALL

CO₂-to-fuels through novel electrochemical catalysis; Modular and scalable reactor that economically upgrades CO₂ into fuels and chemicals; Integrates carbon-carbon-coupling catalysts developed at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory with emerging proton-conducting ceramic membranes to directly produce synthetic fuels and high-value chemicals from CO₂ feedstocks.

University of Wyoming

Technology, Industrial Capture, Post-combustion, Lab, ALL

Novel catalyst to increase CO₂ desorption; Reduces energy consumption in CO₂ capture by using TIO (OH)₂ as a novel catalyst that is capable of drastically increasing the rates of CO₂ desorption from the spent monoethanolamine (MEA) by more than 4,500 percent; Looking to build a demonstration plant as a next step.

University at Buffalo – Mixed Matrix Membranes

Technology, Industrial Capture, Post-combustion, Lab, ALL

Developing mixed matrix membranes in collaboration with the California Institute of Technology, Membrane Technology and Research, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Trimeric, and the NCCC; The membranes will contain advanced materials, such as metal organic polyhedras and rubbery polymers, to achieve high CO₂ permeance, high CO₂/N₂, and high CO₂/O₂ selectivity at temperatures up to 60 degrees Celsius; Testing will be conducted at the NCCC.

University of Illinois

Technology, Industrial Capture, Post-combustion, Lab, ALL

Biphasic solvent-enabled absorption process for post-combustion carbon capture; Development of the transformational biphasic CO₂ absorption process (BiCAP) technology; BiCAP is a post-combustion CO₂ capture technology that has the energy efficiency advantage of a phase-transition process, while incurring low equipment and operating costs.

University of Iowa

Technology, Process chemicals, Short-term Recycling, Lab, ALL

Selective and efficient electrochemical production of neat formic acid from CO₂ using novel PGM-free catalysts: abiotic electrolyzer cost-effectively convert CO₂ to formic acid; The project will design a process where CO₂ is collected from the flue gas of coal or fossil fuel combustion and fed to the electrolyzer; The supercritical CO₂ phase will be used for reduction and a liquid water phase will be used for oxidation.

University of Kentucky – Fog + Froth Post-Combustion Capture

Technology, Industrial Capture, Post-combustion, Lab, ALL

Fog + froth-based post-combustion CO₂ capture in fossil-fuel power plants; Plans to fabricate, integrate, and research a compact absorber with integrated fog and froth formation zones; Testing will be conducted at the University of Kentucky’s Center for Applied Energy Research bench post-combustion CO₂ capture facilities using both simulated and real coal-derived flue gas.

University of Southern California

Carbon fibers, Technology, Industrial Capture, Long-term Storage, Synthetic materials, Lab, ALL

Research of transport and reaction in membranes, adsorbents, and catalysts; Experiments involve carbon molecular sieve and SiC membranes.

Washington State University

Technology, Industrial Capture, Post-combustion, Lab, ALL

Hollow, nanorod‑shaped porous materials made of cobalt metal ions and organic molecules to separate the CO₂ in a way that works under real‑life conditions.

West Virginia University

Technology, Process chemicals, Short-term Recycling, Lab, ALL

Converts CO₂ from power plant flue gas into commercial-quality sodium bicarbonate, aiming to lower the cost of carbon capture technology.

White Dog Labs – MixoFerm

Technology, Food and beverage, Process chemicals, Project, Short-term Recycling, ALL

Anaerobic, non-photosynthetic mixotrophy (or Mixotrophic Fermentation).

Amec Foster Wheeler

Technology, Industrial Capture, Oxy-fuel combustion, Project, ALL

Oxy-coal combustion steam generators.

Cambridge Carbon Capture

Technology, Industrial Capture, Mineralization, Long-term Storage, Post-combustion, Pre-combustion, Demonstration, ALL

Sequesters CO2 through a two-stage mineralization process. The mineralization process permanently locks the sequestered CO2 in rock form and due to its flexibility, can be utilized across a range of industries.

Metna Company

Cement, Technology, Long-term Storage, Lab, ALL

Commercially viable methods for chemically binding large CO₂ volumes in concrete.

Precision Combustion, Inc. – CO2 to Fuels

Technology, Synthetic hydrocarbons, Short-term Recycling, Lab, ALL

Uses intermittent solar power by employing a multi-functional material (calcium carbonate; CaCO3). This material enables the alternating capture and release of solar energy, while simultaneously converting carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) to syngas, which is then readily convertible into a range of chemicals or fuels. The conversion process will make use of DOE’s concentrated solar power technology.

Mainstream Engineering Corporation

Technology, Synthetic hydrocarbons, Process chemicals, Short-term Recycling, Lab, ALL

Developing an electrosynthesis process that utilizes CO₂ from coal flue gas to produce fuels or chemical precursors, including carboxylic acids. Carboxylic acids are valuable and important precursors used in polymers, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and cosmetics.

E3TEC Service, LLC

Technology, Industrial Capture, Process chemicals, Short-term Recycling, Lab, ALL

Converting captured carbon dioxide (CO2) into high-value industrial chemicals, specifically dimethyl carbonate (DMC) and monoethylene glycol (MEG), using their patented heat-integrated reactive distillation (HIRD) process.

RRTC

Technology, Cement, Industrial Capture, Long-term Storage, Post-combustion, Synthetic materials, Lab, ALL

A combination of two technologies to capture CO₂ from power plants and store it in the form of a carbonate-bonded composite monolith block can be cost-effective in theory and energy-efficient.

University of Delaware – CO2 to Alcohols

Technology, Process chemicals, Short-term Recycling, Lab, ALL

Novel integrated electrolysis system to produce C2-C3 alcohols, such as ethanol and propanol, using carbon dioxide (CO2) from coal-fired power plant flue gas.

University of Kentucky Research Foundation

Atmospheric Capture, BECCS, Biodegradable plastics, Technology, Synthetic hydrocarbons, Process chemicals, Short-term Recycling, Lab, ALL

Microalgae-based process to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) from coal-fired flue gas to value-added products utilizing a dual photobioreactor (PBR)/pond cultivation strategy.

Gas Technology Institute (GTI) – CO2 to Syngas

Technology, Synthetic hydrocarbons, Short-term Recycling, Pilot, ALL

GTI and Missouri University of Science and Technology to develop a novel catalytic reactor to turn CO₂ to synthetic gas. The catalytic reactor will contain nano-engineered catalyst, deposited on high packing-density hollow fibers.

Faraday Technology Inc.

Technology, Process chemicals, Short-term Recycling, Pilot, ALL

Faraday Technology Inc. with MIT is developing an electrochemical process that incorporates gas diffusion electrode technology to make formic acid.

TDA Research Fuels

Technology, Synthetic hydrocarbons, Short-term Recycling, Lab, ALL

CO2 conversion to fuel; New sorbent-based process that can convert CO2 captured from power plants (or other large sources) by reducing it with methane and water into a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen